Combined car fender and guard.



Patented Apr.28, 1914.

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L. HBRTZLER.

COMBINED CAR FENDER AND GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED .TUNE 19, 1913.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19, 1913. 1 ,094,652. Patented Apr. 28, 1914,

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CDLUMBIA PLANOURAPH C0.. WASHINGTON. D. C.

LEVI HERTZLER, OF CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED CAR FENBER AND GUARD.

Specication of Letters Patent.

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Application filed June 19. i913. Serial No. 774.675.

To @ZZ 't0/0m t may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI HnRTzLnR, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Carlisle, in the county of Cumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Combined Car Fenders and Guards, of which the following is a specilication.

This invention relates to car fenders and particularly to a combined fender and guard, the latter of which is released upon impact of the i'ormer with an object, as for instance when the fender comes in Contact with a. person while a car or rolling stoel; to which the fender is attached is in motion.

An object of this invention is to produce a fender capable of being folded or hinged so that it may be swung to an approximately vertical position when not in use, means being provided for retaining the folded portion of the fender in said approximately vertical position and means being further provided for retaining the tenderin lowered position.

A still further object of this invention to produce a guard to catch a body which might pass under the fender so that the guard will prevent the car from passing over the body, the said tender and guard being so related that actuation of a portion ot the fender, due to the impact therewith oi the body, will release the guard; it being the purpose of this invention to provide means whereby the guard is positively aetuated to cause it to travel toward the track or roadbed instantly it is released through the action of the tender` A still further object o't this invention is to provide a guard having means tor retaining it in its elevated position, said means comprising a latch which is actuated by a movable portion ot' the 'tender tor releasing the said guard.

A still Jfurther object ot' the invention is to provide a combined fender and guard ot unitary structure, that is to say the fei'ider and guard are applicable to and removable from a car simultaneously, the said invention comprising comparatively iew and inexpensive parts which will prove etiicient and satisfactory in use as well compara.- tively inexpensive to produce and maintain.

lith tl e foregoing and other objects in View, the invention consists in the details of construction, and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set torth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, rei'- erence. will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part oit' this specification, wherein like characters denote corresponding parts in the several views and in which- Figure l illustrates a view in elevation ot' a `t'ragment oi' a car showing the invention in elevation applied thereto; Fig. 2 illustrates a top plan view of the fender and guard; Fig. 3 illustrates a vertical sectional fiew ot the said fender and guard; Fig. 4- illustrates a front elevation; and Figs. and 5 illustrate detail views of parts ci' the invention.

ln these drawings 7, 7, denote members of a. frame, each having a substantially horizontal portion adapted to be secured to the sill or trame oit a car, and each member 'i' has a curved rearwardly and downwardly extending portion S provided with a housing 9 iorining a guide for the guard l0A and the parts associated with it. rThe housings 9 are connected at their lower ends by a plate 1l which forms an anchorage for the springs l2, which springs are secured to lugs 13 or other appropriate fastenings carried by the said plate ll whereas the guard l0 is provided with two plates 13a having lugs or ears 14- to which the opposite ends oi the springs l2- are connected, it being the purpose o t the inventor to have the springs so arranged as to exert a pull on the guard for the purpose of drawing it down when released by mechanism to be presently explained, thus insuring the proper position oi the guard with relation to the track when the tender comes in contact with an object. Ey the term fender just mentioned, I mean that part of the device in front of the car and while the guard may be regarded as a part of the fender, the said guard is that portion of the device which is under the car and is intended to operate to prevent objeets from passing under the car if they are missed by the so called fender. As shown in the drawings, the plates 13a are provided with eyes l5 which receive a guide bar l5, said guide bar having its ends slidable in the housing carried by the rearwardly extending portions of the members of the frame. intermediate its length, the bar is provided with a notch or seat l? adapted to be engaged by a hook 18 formed roeaeaa on the la teh bar 19, which latch bar extends forwardly and has yolres connecting it to a movable portion of the tender to be presently explained.

Bi stationary rod or bar 9.0 connects the rear portion ot the members and a yoke 21 extends downwardly 'therefrom and partially emb aces the latch bar 19 so that said latch bar is prevented from falling when not in engagement with the guide bar 16. The guide bar itl has eye-bolts to which chains or other vtlexible connections 23 are attached, the said members QB extending forwardly and being` supported on hooks or other fastening devices attached to the sill or frame of the car, it being the purpose of the inventor to rave these flexible devices act as limiting means 'for the guard so that the said guard may descend a predetermined distance under the influence of the springs, the said distance being eoextensive with the length oi' the said flexible members. l may provide the guard with anti-'friction rollers 25.3 to run on the rails ot a track, but this is an old expedient in tenders When it is desired to prevent the tender from contacting vvith obstructions along the roadbed.

rlhe fronts ot the 'frame members 't' have extensions l which are hinged at the joints 7" to the sections T, the said sections T being tiltable so that they may swing to the position shoivn in the draivings. The section i as Well as the section 7 has suitable body engaging or holding slats QG, although any other approved supports may be supplied for the purpose. il butler or tender 2T comprising a trame having a vvire mesh lilling is supported vertically or approximately vertically7 between the members T in i'iront oi. the car trame so that an object may be prevented from passing under the car between 'the said frame members.

rlhe outer ends ol' the hinged members 7a have siidable housings 28 thereon, which housings carry a tront platform or plate 29, the itront edge ot `which may be rounded or shaped to prevent injury when the same contacts ivith a person and the plate 29 is held normally projected beyond the ends of the hinged members it by means of the springs 30 which springs are connected to ears ill oit the plate and to lugs or brackets 32 carried by extension members 7a. lf desii-ed, the springs 30 may be protected by .a suit-able housing f3 attached to the l'iinged member 7a.

rlhe slidable plate 29 is provided with a series ci rearwardly extending arms Bel, arms converge and are attached 'to a L itension ot the latch bar 19, it being observed that the extension 35 is hinged, as stated, to the. latch bar, but it is secured against movement, under ordinary conditions, by a pin 3G passing through the extension and through the latch bar und this securing device, in addition to the pivot bolt. l? between the extension and latch bar, serves to retain the extension against movement so long as the securing pin is in place.

liv reason of the fact that the arms Bel extend trom the ends to a point intermediate the length oit the plate 29, it is obvious that motion ot the plate 2S) may be communicated to the latch bar regardless oi' Whether the object struck by the plate 2i) comes in con tact with the plate at either end or at a point intermediate its length. its the arms are arranged as stated.r no lost motion resalts which will be ellective in preventing the communi ation olf motion oll the plate to the latch bar so that movement ot the plato being communicated to the latch bar, it follows that the guard ivill be released upon slight movement ot' the plate 29.

From an inspection ot the. drawing and the specitication herein, it will be obvious that the normal operative position ot the guard and tender is shown in l, in which vievv the guard is shoivn as elevated clear oli' the rails oit the traclr and the tender is doivn in operative position. l't-ivill also be obvious that in the norm al position oli the parts, the guard is elevated so that the latch bar is in engagement with the guide bar by which means the guard is held in its elevated position against the action ot the springs 12. .in the positions the parts just. mentioned and while the car is ruiming 'tree oli obstruction, the parts will remain in the positions mentioned, but upon the lender coming in contactI With an obstruc tion suiiicient to connnunicate motion to the plate Q9, the latch bar Will move rearwardly so that the hooked portion thereoi will release the guide bar and the guard ivill be immediately drawn doivn to prevent the car from running over the object, since the object ivill be caught by the guard and carried therewith.

.lt `will be observed trom the Yforegoing description that in applying the combined tender and guard to a car, it is only necessariY to attach the trame members to the sill or trame o't the car and that all of the operattive mechanism associated with the guard and tender is supported and carried by the trame members.

l claiml. ln a combined tender and guard, trame members, curved housings carried by the trame members at the rear thereof, a guard slidable in the housing, a plate at the rear of the traine members, springs connecting the plate and the guard itor normally hold ing the guard doivnivard, means for holding the guard elevated, a tender, and means actuated by the lender for releasing the guard.

2. in a combined tender and guard, traine members, curved housings carried by the LIC:

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frame members at the rear thereof, a guard slida ble in the housing, a plate at the rear of the frame members, springs connecting the plate and the guard for normally holding the guard down ard, a latch bar for holding the guard elevated, a fender, a movable member on the fender, means connecting the movable member with the latch bar, and means for holding the movable member projected.

3. In a combined :tender and guard, frame members, curved housings carried by the frame members at the rear thereof, a guard slidable in the housing, a plate at the rear of the trame members, springs connecting the plate and the guard for normally1 holding the guard downward, a latch bar having a hook on its rear end for holding the guard elevated, a tender, a movable member on the fender, means connecting the movable meinber with the latch bar, and means :t'or holding the movable member projected.

at. In a combined fender and guard, frame members, curved housings carried by the frame members at the rear thereof, a. guard slidable in the housinO, a plate at the rear of the frame members, springs connecting the plate and the guard or normally holding the guard downward, a latch bar having hook on its rear end for holding the guard elevated, a fender, a movable member thereon, arms connecting the movable member with the latch bar, and means for holding the movable member projected.

5. In a combined fender and guard, frame members having curved rear ends, housings supported thereby, a guard slidable in the housing, a guide rod associated with the guard, means for drawing the guard toward the rails of a track, a latch bar engaging the guide bar for holding the guard elevated,

a fender, and means associated with the fender for actuating the latch bar.

6. In a combined fender and guard, frame members having curved rear ends, housings supported thereby, a guard slidable in the housing, a guide rod associated with the guard, means for drawing the guard toward the rails of a track, a latch bar having a hook on its rear end for holding the guard elevated, a fender, a movable member on the fender, means connecting the movable member with the latch bar, and means for holding the movable member projected.

7. In a combined fender and guard, frame members having curved rear ends, housings supported thereby, a guard slidable in the housing, a guide rod associated with the guard, means for drawing the guard toward the rails of a track, a latch bar having a hook on its rear end for holding the guard elevated, a fender, a movable member thereon, arms connecting the movable member with the latch bar, and means for holding the movable member projected.

8. A combined fender and guard for cars or the like, a frame member suspended from the said car, curved housings carried by the frame members, a guard slidable in the housing, a plate at the rear of the frame members, imeans for drawing the y,guard downwardly, a latch bar having means for holding the guard elevated, and means for disengaging the latch bar whereby the said guard is released.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto ax my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LEVI HERTZLER.

I'Vitnesses CHARLES W. WARNER, LYMAN G. HERTZLER.

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